The discovery of witchcraft proving that the compacts and contracts of witches with devils and all infernal spirits or familiars are but erroneous novelties and imaginary conceptions : also discovering, how far their power extendeth in killing, tormenting, consuming, or curing the bodies of men, women, children, or animals by charms, philtres, periapts, pentacles, curses, and conjurations : wherein likewise the unchristian practices and inhumane dealings of searchers and witch-tryers upon aged, melancholly, and superstitious people, in extorting confessions by terrors and tortures, and in devising false marks and symptoms, are notably detected ... : in sixteen books / by Reginald Scot ... ; whereunto is added an excellent Discourse of the nature and substance of devils and spirits, in two books : the first by the aforesaid author, the second now added in this third edition ... conducing to the compleating of the whole work, with nine chapters at the beginning of the fifteenth [sic] book of The discovery.

BOOK IV.

• CHAP. I. OF Witchmongers opinions concerning evil Spirits, how they frame them∣selves in more excellent sort than God made us. Page. 41
• CHAP. II. Of bawdy Incubus and Succubus, and whether the action of Venery may be per∣formed between Witches and Devils, and when Witches first yielded to Incubus. ibid.
• CHAP. III. Of the Devils visible and invisible dealing with Witches in the way of lechery. Page. 42
• CHAP. IV. That the power of generation is both outwardly and inwardly impeached by Witches, and of divers that had their geni∣tals taken from them by Witches, and by the same means again restored. Page. 43
• CHAP. V. Of Bishop Sylvanus his leachery opened and covered again; how Maids having yellow hair are most cumbred with Incu∣bus, how married Men are bewitched to use other mens wives, & to refuse their own. Page. 44
• CHAP. VI. How to procure the dissolving of be∣witched love; also to enforce a man (how proper soever he be) to love an old hag: and of a bawdy tricky of a Priest in Gelder∣land. ibid.
• CHAP. VII. Of divers Saints and holy persons, which were exceeding bawdy and lecherous, and by certain miraculous means became chast. Page. 45
• CHAP. VIII. Certain Popish and Magical cures for them that are bewitched in their Privities. ibid.
• CHAP. IX. A strange cure done to one that was mo∣lested with Incubus. Page. 46
• CHAP. X. A Confutation of the former follies touch∣ing

• ... Incubus, which by examples and proofs of like stuffe is shewed to be flat knavery, wherein the carnal copulation with spirits is overthrown. Page. 47
• CHAP. XI. That Incubus is a natural disease with remedies for the same, besides, magica. cures herewithal expressed. Page. 48
• CHAP. XII. The censure of G. Chaucer, upon the knavery of Incubus. Page. 49